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IKE, GLASSES IN HAND. MAKES SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE "GOOD EVENING MY FELLOW AMERICANS" PUTS HIS GLASSES ON TO READ PREPARED SPEECH. TALKS ABOUT HIS THREE WEEK GOOD WILL MISSION OF "PEACE AND GOOD WILL". AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. HEADS OF STATE. "...IN EVERY COUNTRY I HOPE TO MAKE WIDELY KNOWN, AMERICA'S DEEPEST DESIRE, A WORLD IN WHICH ALL NATIONS MAY PROSPER IN FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND PEACE, UNMOLESTED AND UNAFRAID ..." PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES

AIRPORT IN ROME, FLAGS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. IKE SAYS HIS GOOD BYES BEFORE HE BOARDS PLANE

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MAP SHOWS PLANE ROUTE FROM ROME TO ANKARA TURKEY

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IKE ARRIVES IN ANKARA, TURKEY. TURKISH FLAG AND AMERICAN FLAG. IKE GREETED BY PRESIDENT CELAL BAYAR.

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TURKISH PEOPLE WELCOME IKE. HUGE MURAL OF IKE ON BUILDING IN ANKARA. PEOPLE CHEER AS IKE'S MOTORCADE MOVES THROUGH ANKARA BANNER WITH AMERICAN FLAG WITH IKE PHOTO AND TURKISH FLAG WITH BAYAR PHOTO & "WE LIKE IKE"

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TURKISH MEN PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE POV PASSING THROUGH CROWDS IN TURKISH PARADE. BANDS PLAY. PEOPLE LOOK OUT FROM THEIR APARTMENT WINDOWS. LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR IKE. POV PASSING UNDER HUGE SIGN "FAR BUT VERY NEAR"

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TURKISH MEN PERFORM A DANCE WEARING SHORTS

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POV PASSING UNDER HUGE SIGN "PEACE WITHOUT SECURITY IS NO PEACE" AND TURKISH & AMERICAN FLAGS

IKE GREETED BY THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. WARM WELCOME. IKE CARRIES LOTS OF FLOWERS, WEARS A LEI. NEON LIGHTS IN SHAPES OF STARS AND THINGS

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NEW DELHI CIRCA 1959 STREETS COVERED WITH WELL WISHERS FOR THE FIRST VISIT OF AN AMERICAN LEADER TO INDIA. HISTORICAL VISITS. LITTLE BOY PEERS THROUGH THE CROWD FOR A GLIMPSE

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IKE VISITS A MEMORIAL MARKING THE GROUND WHERE MOHANDAS GANDHI WAS CREMATED. IKE LAYS A WREATH ON THE MONUMENT

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EXTERIOR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. IKE GREETS GIRL GUIDES AND BOY SCOUTS IN THE COURTYARD. YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. HAS AN INFORMAL CHAT WITH THE YOUNGSTERS.

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IKE'S MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN INDIA

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IKE ADDRESS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPEECH INTERRUPTED BY APPLAUSE. SPEECH SOF. AMERICA WATCHES WITH FRIENDLY CONCERN THE VALIANT EFFORTS OF OTHER NATIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO NEWLY ACHIEVED THEIR INDEPENDENCE "...CAN WE NOT JOIN IN A 5 YEAR OR A 50 YEAR PLAN AGAINST MISTRUST AND MISGIVING AND FIXATION ON THE WRONGS OF THE PAST.." APPLAUSE. STANDING OVATION

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CU CARVED SANDALWOOD AND IVORY TABLE DEPICTING A SCENE FROM INDIA'S STORIED PAST. PRESENTED TO IKE AT A STATE DINNER AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.

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RECITAL OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE IN IKE'S BEHALF. ETHNIC MUSIC, DANCE, COSTUME

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Year:1959Color:ColorGenre:IKE/EISENHOWER

Description:IKE SPEECH AT CHRISTMAS TIME. IKE LIGHTS THE PAGEANT OF PEACE TREE. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ON WORLDWIDE GOOD WILL TOUR WITH SHAH OF IRAN AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS. ELEVEN NATION TOUR, DECEMBER, 1959.